Alex Bowman has taken a agency stance towards the current hypothesis a couple of departure from Hendrick Motorsports, confirming the steadiness of his place within the crew.
On the Cup Collection Playoff Media Day held on the Charlotte Conference Middle, Bowman addressed the persistent rumors suggesting he is likely to be leaving his function as the driving force of the No. 48 Chevrolet on the finish of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection season.
Bowman, who’s beneath contract with Hendrick Motorsports till the tip of 2026, was clearly pissed off over the unfounded hypothesis. He commented, as quoted by Yardbarker.com:
“That rumor has actually been annoying.
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“Clearly, my contract is thru the tip of 2026 and all I can let you know is what my bosses have advised me and that there isn’t any plans to alter something. Rumors are simply rumors. Hopefully, they will get their bulletins executed so my rumors cease. So far as I do know, I am driving the 48 subsequent yr and nothing’s altering.”
The origins of those rumors will be traced to feedback made by NASCAR spotters Brett Griffin and Freddie Kraft. Griffin implied that Bowman’s place is likely to be in danger if he didn’t carry out nicely within the playoffs, whereas Kraft hinted at doable unannounced driver adjustments.
Bowman has had a combined efficiency document this season. Whereas he made it into the playoffs for the sixth time in his seven seasons with Hendrick, his current type has been inconsistent.
After snapping an 80-race winless streak with a win in Chicago, he positioned third at Pocono however has struggled, ending exterior the top-15 in 5 consecutive races, together with disappointing finishes of thirty first, twenty eighth, and twenty seventh. With solely 5 playoff factors to his title, Bowman’s probabilities of advancing hinge on a major turnaround in efficiency.
Bowman continued:
“I belief my bosses and that is what they’ve advised me. Apart from that, simply specializing in making an attempt to be sturdy for the following 10 weeks. Each dialog I’ve had with my bosses — it is unlucky rumors and it is rumors we’re actually not part of, which makes it troublesome.
“I do not suppose there’s any plans or something on the HMS aspect and I feel the rumors have began on the opposite aspect of issues. So, hopefully after they get their announcement on what the opposite aspect is doing on that rumor, then it’s going to sort of go away for me.
“… That is a rumor I’ve heard for a month, and it obtained to the purpose the place I picked up the cellphone and referred to as all people and all people mentioned, ‘Completely not.’ So, that is actually all I’ve to go on. And I haven’t got a cause to consider something apart from that. There is not any it’s essential to do that to maintain your job. Like, it is completely not, every thing’s positive.”
Regardless of the pressures and hypothesis, Bowman’s focus stays on bettering his and his crew’s efficiency.
“Past that, we have to go run higher,” Bowman mentioned. “It has been a depressing month, and we have not executed at a excessive degree in any respect. So, we have to go run higher the following 10 weeks, however we have to try this for us and our playoff run and for Ally and the 48 automotive. There is not any like it’s essential to do that to maintain your job. So far as I do know, I am not apprehensive about that in any respect.”
